Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Alex Gardiner on March 24, 2008, 04:25:44 pm
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First time this job has been done in 10 years :)
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what poles are they?
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Super-Lites- we used three Super-Lites and two SL-X poles between four operatives.
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One, two or three scrubs and did you use any soap ? If your back already must have gone well ?
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Two scrubs on most, three or four on some of the really dirty stuff. No soap.
Went inside to check the work and we were really pleased with the results. It took an hour longer than my shortest estimated time, so I was quite happy with my time calculations.
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What does a scrub mean? One scrubbing action of the brush or one complete overall scrubb of the window?
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What does a scrub mean? One scrubbing action of the brush or one complete overall scrubb of the window?
One complete over-all scrub and clean of the window. If you counted up the number of times the brush actually covered the glass in all, it would be about 10-15 times!
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How did the logistics work?Where was the water? Assuming three maybe four cars did they hold 400l each? Surely not in barrels?
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looks a great job though :)
well done
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We had 4 vehicles on site with the following tanks:
1 had a 500 litre tank
1 had a 400 litre tank
1 had a 380 litre tank
1 had a 300 litre tank
Each vehicle is plumbed up so that two reels can be run off the vehicle at a time which allowed for maximum flexibility.
showing off with all them poles arent you
I had another Super-Lite in the car I didn't use! Kirsty gave me a discount ;)
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old bill shop!!!
hope you charged them extra for that ;D ;D ;D
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This is exactly what i get, then when I do give em' a glimpse, they take the pee!
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We want to see pictures with the SL-X!! ;D ;D ;D
The SL-X is the pole on the far left in the first photo.
I don`t want a picture i want the pole. : ??? ??? ??? ???
Couldn't agree more ???
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Nice pics!
Just noticed it's a pig pen!! ;D
I did 2 pens on sunday with a map f16 fishing pole at 39ft
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How high is that Alex, 50'? Is that some sort of maintenance gantry on the roof? I doubt wfp was about in Cornwall when they built that.
Oh, and you used the new brush too i trust? :)
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How high is that Alex, 50'? Is that some sort of maintenance gantry on the roof? I doubt wfp was about in Cornwall when they built that.
Oh, and you used the new brush too i trust? :)
Spot on - 50ft. Yes, they did have some gantries on the roof but for safety reasons workers are no longer allowed to access the roof area or to use any type of cradles, hence WFP to the rescue. I was using a couple of prototype brushes, still a few more days before we get our new ones in.
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Good advert that, hardly any flex in those poles at all.
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Great job!
just wondering how much do you charge for that work? :)
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Great job!
just wondering how much do you charge for that work? :)
That would be telling :). Basically I worked it out as a day's work for four people and charged accordingly. It was bread and butter work rather than jam and cream.
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Ha Ha :)
A days work for a skilled window cleaner- looking at, at least around £17 per hour for the hired help and more for the business owners. :)
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at least around £17 per hour
Thats much more like it, but I guess you aren't in Poldark Land.
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We are in the more 'civilised' heart of Cornwall :D
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Why on earth do you need a hard hat?
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Technically when working at height, there is a chance of debris being dislodged by the brush. As part of a stringent health and safety program for this site, we decided to be ultra efficient.
Really it is not needed, but this job has it's own H&S officer and it is a very public premises right on one of Cornwall's busiest roundabouts so it is always best to be seen doing exactly the correct thing!!
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I was told we might have to have hats for some site stuff near me
only when I am near the main site even though it is on excisting customers houses.
Also they advised me to wear them hi vis jacks
madness but better than getting run over by the mad paddy in the big lifter truck hee hee
Mind you I thought I had a drama doing 250 ltrs on 12 flats and 2 communial areas they were sparkle cleans that had been left for 6 months I had to do some of them twice
Good Job Alex looks spot on well actuly looks spotless ;-)
regards J
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We were pleased with the finish, but not a job I would want to have to do every week!!
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LOL Fair play that is my weeks worth of water you used there
Also Alex do you know of any low profile brushes on the market?
as I have some town houses with bars on them and they are 3 storeys up.
I can get the brush through but what a pain in the ass.
Just using your knowledge fella or if anyone else knows
Regards J
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LOL Fair play that is my weeks worth of water you used there
Also Alex do you know of any low profile brushes on the market?
as I have some town houses with bars on them and they are 3 storeys up.
I can get the brush through but what a pain in the ass.
Just using your knowledge fella or if anyone else knows
Regards J
Probably the easiest brush to get through bars is the boring old Bentley brush. With it's low profile stock and flexible bristles, I find I can ease it through almost any bars.
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thanks Alex I will have a look
J
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£17.00 an hour probably paid on a self-employed basis and on Easter weekend
Alex
I have lost count of how many times i drove past that building wondering who cleans it.
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I reckon you got between £1000-£1200 for that job Alex,if not i aint that far away i know.
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£17.00 an hour probably paid on a self-employed basis and on Easter weekend
Alex
I have lost count of how many times i drove past that building wondering who cleans it.
Exactly right on the payment basis and on those grounds not really that much money actually!
The answer is that no one has been cleaning it!
I reckon you got between £1000-£1200 for that job Alex,if not i aint that far away i know.
Unfortunately not that much :(
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alex what type of car had a 300 ltr tank in , looks like a good job being done :)
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how would you quote a building like this?? if u rather not say how much.. understood. or u could message me as i only do resident houses and would like to do offices??
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alex what type of car had a 300 ltr tank in , looks like a good job being done :)
Funnily enough a police converted focus estate car. It looks like a focus estate, but is actually a purpose converted vehicle with full plastic lined interior and stainless steel mounting frame and mounting points.
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how would you quote a building like this?? if u rather not say how much.. understood. or u could message me as i only do resident houses and would like to do offices??
This is a very difficult thing to do accurately :)
For competition reasons I do not want to disclose how much the above job was, but the way I quoted it was to work out how long it would take 4 workers to do. I then guessed what the shortest possible time would be and the longest possible time and priced it so that I would be OK with the price even if it took the longest possible time. As it happened, it took exactly half way between my estimated longest and shortest times! So I was happy.
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3 hours
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good call dave i would say 4-5 hours 2 men, depending on how dirty, 3 hours 3 men,
if you got 1000 - 1200 for that then that would be great although i would price it around 450 - 550 realisticlly and still would of been well happy with the price ;)
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3 hours
I would have been a very happy person if it had taken just 3 hours!!
It took 8.5 'man' hours just to do the hallway wall of glass in the picture.
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3 hours
I would have been a very happy person if it had taken just 3 hours!!
It took 8.5 'man' hours just to do the hallway wall of glass in the picture.
is there more glass to this than in the pictures?
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2 litres per minute
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£17.00 an hour probably paid on a self-employed basis and on Easter weekend
Alex
I have lost count of how many times i drove past that building wondering who cleans it.
Exactly right on the payment basis and on those grounds not really that much money actually!
The answer is that no one has been cleaning it!
I reckon you got between £1000-£1200 for that job Alex,if not i aint that far away i know.
Unfortunately not that much :(
Well it's just got to be £999 as it's the local nick.
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3 hours
I would have been a very happy person if it had taken just 3 hours!!
It took 8.5 'man' hours just to do the hallway wall of glass in the picture.
is there more glass to this than in the pictures?
There is a lot more glass to the job than just these pictures, even the glass wall shown extends by another 12 rows into the alley behind the brick section on the left. This was probably the hardest part of the job as I was working in about a 5 foot wide alley with the pole 45ft above me, getting very wet :( and I was having to work around knife-amnesty bins and 'recovered' bikes etc.
2 litres per minute
We were running on about 1.5-1.7 litres per minute. Clever way of calculating it though Dave :)
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3 hours
I would have been a very happy person if it had taken just 3 hours!!
It took 8.5 'man' hours just to do the hallway wall of glass in the picture.
is there more glass to this than in the pictures?
There is a lot more glass to the job than just these pictures, even the glass wall shown extends by another 12 rows into the alley behind the brick section on the left. This was probably the hardest part of the job as I was working in about a 5 foot wide alley with the pole 45ft above me, getting very wet :( and I was having to work around knife-amnesty bins and 'recovered' bikes etc.
2 litres per minute
We were running on about 1.5-1.7 litres per minute. Clever way of calculating it though Dave :)
ahhh ok, my original estimates are way out then ;D ;D
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Alex, did you not have problems with the bare Aluminium oxidisng on the glass? Luke
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Hi Luke,
We had anticipated some problems with this issue, but fortunately all of the proper framed windows were in good condition. The only ones that were a bit dubious were the vertical bars on the walls of glass, which of course did not cause us any problems at all, due to them being vertical.
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That's my local nick - Truro.
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in the pics the hoses come from cars isnt that a weight issue for a car?
rgds
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in the pics the hoses come from cars isnt that a weight issue for a car?
rgds
The hose reel only weighs about 12kg which is well within the capability of a car :)
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M Thomas, re you talking through experience lol " my local nick truro " ;D ;D ;D